The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post

**Mike Irwin** · December 12, 2012, 01:54 PM

We used to have a quote button.

People abused it badly.

People would literally quote an entire 400 or 500 word message to add a three word response.

And someone would quote mess to add a response to it, and someone would quote the growing mess, and so forth and so on.

I named it Quotarding.

So, because people refused to think about what they were quoting, they essentially ruined it for everyone.

It would be nice if the forum software had a setting that would strip out nestled quotes (Simple Machines forum software has that), but it doesn't, so a quote button won't be coming back any time soon.

December 12, 2012, 01:54 PM	#2
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,390	We used to have a quote button. People abused it badly. People would literally quote an entire 400 or 500 word message to add a three word response. And someone would quote mess to add a response to it, and someone would quote the growing mess, and so forth and so on. I named it Quotarding. So, because people refused to think about what they were quoting, they essentially ruined it for everyone. It would be nice if the forum software had a setting that would strip out nestled quotes (Simple Machines forum software has that), but it doesn't, so a quote button won't be coming back any time soon. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.